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The founder of Comic Con Scotland says he is "optimistic" the event still go-ahead as planned.

Andy Kleek, CEO of Monopoly Events, confirmed he is hopeful the programme, due to take place at the Royal Highland Centre in October, will not be affected by the coronavirus outbreak.

Comic Con Scotland is due to bring stars including Dog the Bounty Hunter and his son, Transformers duo Frank Welker and Peter Cullen, who are the voices of Megatron and Optimus Prime and Steve Guttenberg, from Police Academy and Three Men and a Baby to Edinburgh.

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Kleek said: "If it is safe to do so Comic Con Scotland will be going ahead as planned. Our main concern at the moment is the safety of our families, staff, and customers. We applaud the NHS and front line workers, they really are real life super heroes. We are optimistic the event will go ahead given the length of time it is away, if it did not go ahead it will be rescheduled but anyone not able to make the new date would instantly be refunded."

He added: "I am dying to tell everyone who we have, as we worked so hard to secure them but it is just not the right time to announce them until we know the pandemic is coming to an end. It will be the biggest line up Monopoly events has ever put on.

"There is a huge world exclusive guest to headline the show, she has never appeared at an event like this so it is a major coup to get her for Comic Con Scotland. We have a huge emphasis on comic artists, anime and gaming guests also this year, as well as the big movie and media guests. We are still hyped up and excited for October and our guests also remain so. We are staying positive, and look forward to a sell out third year."

Kleek said: "We had to move to the Royal Highland Centre last year to accommodate the demand from the fans which has been overwhelming. We doubled our attendance and this year fully expect to sell out or expand the venue into another hall.

"The Scottish public have been amazing, they have really embraced and supported this project, and without the nations support none of this would be possible. We are dedicated to bring the public the biggest guests, and to build one of the world’s best comic cons right here in Edinburgh."